Graphics card dead?

[Pvt. Snowball]

I think my graphics card is dead, I’ve got a picture of a part on it and it doesn’t look right. 

[matt0725]

your pic is the entire card... what part doesnt look right to you?

[Middcore]

What you've given us is a picture of an entire card with some dried up old thermal paste on the chip. 

 

If you don't tell us what type of card it is, what problems you're experiencing, or what part of the photo concerns you, there's not much we're going to be able to do to help. 

[YoungBlade]

I believe that's an MSI Armor RX 580 8GB. Here's what it's supposed to look like for reference. What seems to be the issue?

 

[Pvt. Snowball]

27 minutes ago, matt0725 said:

your pic is the entire card... what part doesnt look right to you?

The U2k chips

[Pvt. Snowball]

20 minutes ago, YoungBlade said:

I believe that's an MSI Armor RX 580 8GB. Here's what it's supposed to look like for reference. What seems to be the issue?

 

It wouldn’t post at all. 

[matt0725]

26 minutes ago, Pvt. Snowball said:

The U2k chips

the memory chips? the large black rectangles around the die? i would say thats just dust buildup thats stained the chips. a few of them have it just where i imagine the cooler starts to slope up and away if you take a look at it.

 

not to come across as rude, but if you have no idea what these pieces are, there is no way you're fixing this problem IF it is a physical issue with your hardware

[Pvt. Snowball]

15 hours ago, matt0725 said:

the memory chips? the large black rectangles around the die? i would say thats just dust buildup thats stained the chips. a few of them have it just where i imagine the cooler starts to slope up and away if you take a look at it.

 

not to come across as rude, but if you have no idea what these pieces are, there is no way you're fixing this problem IF it is a physical issue with your hardware

I’m not really trying to fix it myself, I was just hoping to take a quick glance at it and see if I could see anything that didn’t look right. I would love to learn more because it seems interesting, not quite sure where to start though.